Slide buckle



July 24, 192s.

R. A. MOORE ET AL SLIDE BUCKLE Filed Feb. 2l. 1928 /3 /z Il PatentenJury 24, 192e.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

ROSWELL A. MOORE .AND JEROME R. LA VIGNE, OF WATERBU'RY, CONNECTICUT, S-

sIGNoRs' rro WATERBURY RA'rroN.

BUCKLE CO.,

OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPO- SLIDE BUCKLE.

Application led February 21, 1928.

Our invention relates to an improvement in slide buckles; the objectbeing to produce a one-piece buckle of the. character described,constructed with particular referencefto compactness of form; eleganceof appearance, el'liciency in use, and the avoidance lof the applicationto the anchored end of the webbing of the eXtra clip of metal often usedin slide buckles for that purpose.

lil/*ith these ends in view; our invention consists in a one-pieceslide-buckle having certain details of construction as will behereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings :vv

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a slide buckle constructed inaccordance with our invention andshown as applied to a piece of webbing;

Fig. 2 is a reverse view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a View thereof in vertical scc-- tion on the line 3 3 of Fig.2;

Fig. t is a view thereof in transverse sect-ion on the line 4 4 of Fig.2;

Fig. 5 is a detached reverse view of the buckle; A

Fig. 6 is an edge view thereof, showing its gripping-fingers in theiropen positions, preparatory to the insertion of the end of the webbing;and Fig. 7 an endview thereof.

In carrying` out our invention, we employ a one-piece sheet-metal plate,relatively narrow in width as'compared with its length,

,' having complementary parallel side-bars 10,

the outer edges of which are slightly lconvexed, and complementaryend-bars 11, the outer edges of which are slightly concaved, acenter-bar 12 terminating at its ends in the end-bars 11, and two Verynarrow threadingslots 13 located between the inner edges of theside-bars 10 and the outer edges ofthe center-bar 12. For the secureanchorage of the fixed end 14 of the webbing 15, the center-bar isstruck up, as shown, to formy three gripping-lingers 16 regularly spacedapart, and two corresponding gripping-lingers 17 respectively located atthe ends of the center-bar and extending inward therefrom, so as to befolded over and grip the selvage edges of the webbing, while the lin-Serial No. 255,908.

gers 16, which are located at a right angle to the lingers 17, receiveunder them the cut edge of the webbing and are folded over so as to gripthe same.

vout piercing it and without the employment of the supplemental metalclip often employed.

Ourfimproved slide buckle, as thus constructed is reduced to the minimumsize and presents-an elegant appearance; being very littleobtrusive-upon the webbing, while, on account of the narrowness of thethreadingslots 13, it is prevent-ed from slipping upon the webbing and,at the same time, is easily shifted in position thereupon when desired.Of course, the contouring of the sideand end-bars and the number andshape of the gripping-fingers may be varied without departing from ourinvention.

We claim:

A one-piece slide buckle, consistingof a single piece of metal ofrelatively narrow width as compared with its length, having parallelside-bars, parallel end-bars, a centerbar joining the end-bars7 narrowthreadingslots locatedbetween the inner edges of the side-bars and theouter edges of the 'centerbar; and a plurality of gripping-fingersstruck out of the main yportion of the center-bar, and twoinwardly-turned grippinglingers struck out of the respective ends of thecenter-bar and extending inwardly at a right angle to thegripping-lingers before mentioned, the said fingers being adapted to .7

specification.

ROSVVELL A. MOORE. JEROME R. LA VIGNE.

